WISE — Loretta Mays was charged on 135 counts of allegedly stealing funds from Lay’s Hardware Center for the Arts, a former hardware store turned into a recreation and community center as well as traditional mountain music tourism venue.

BIG STONE GAP — The former nursing director of a defunct Scott County nursing home pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Big Stone Gap to a single felony count connected to wrongdoing at the facility.

WASHINGTON (AP) — With a court-ordered deadline of Friday, Attorney General Eric Holder must decide whether to seek capital punishment in the case of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the defendant in the Boston Marathon bombing.

KINGSPORT — Police are seeking the public's help in locating a female who used a stolen Lowe's credit card. The woman made four separate purchases between January 2 and January 10 at the Lowe's on East Stone Drive.